SPAC - Satellite Positioning Research and Application Center - Outline

Outline

Official Name	SATELLITE POSITIONING RESEARCH AND APPLICATION CENTER (SPAC)
Address	Kouji-machi DUPLEX B’s 6th Floor, 4-4-7 Kouji-machi, Chiyoda-ku TOKYO, JAPAN, 102-0083
Establishment	February 5th, 2007
Ministry of Supervision	SPAC is non-profit Foundation supervised by MEXT,MIC,METIand MLIT. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)
Chairperson	Takashi Hatchoji
Secretary General	Tsutomu Nakajima
Objectives	The objectives of the SPAC is to contribute to the achievement of advanced Geo-spatial Information society and the development of domestic industries and the international society by, aiming the wide-spread usage of Geo-spatial Information in industrial and economical fields, promoting research and application regarding next generation satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing(PNT) in the world in cooperation with related industries andorganizations, wide dissemination of above obtained knowledge, activating and promoting the business activities in Geo-spatial Information utilising PNT.
Articles	Promotion of satellite-based PNT application demonstration and utilization. R&D and Liaison among GNSS for reliability and stability of satellite-based PNT. Promotion of R&D for application of Geo-spatial information using satellite-based PNT. Dissemination, educational activity and promotion of the business activities for the application of Geo-spatial information using satellite-based PNT. Standadization on technologies necessary to achieve promotion for satellite-based PNT application. Coodination for opinion and coments issued from economical and industrial fields concerning satellite-based PNT. Liaison and coordination among satellite-based PNT related GIS organizations using Geospatial Information Systems. Other related activities deemed necessary to achieve the above objectives.